Mike,

I am always wary of newcomers to a sight that come out with guns blazing, whether it is just trolldom or someone with a hot stock tip or miracle diet. Has Barry ever posted here before? I don't think so. So it is natural to be skeptical about someone with a stock tip who is a newcomer and lays this on us (in one seemingly endless block of text, replete with hyperbole) without ever before having said hello or shown any interest whatsoever in earthquake prediction. And where has he been since his abrupt arrival on the scene?

Barry, forgive me if you have posted in the past. I've been here since 1999, and don't recognize you as a poster. Please correct me if I am wrong. My instincts tell me you are now gone, having played out your intentions.

Mike, I don't think you owe any apologies, but that is just me.

Cathryn